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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Shampa Dhara<br />
| office = Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency = [[Raina Assembly constituency|Raina]]<br />
| term_start = 2021<br />
| predecessor = [[Nepal Ghorui]]<br />
| education = Bachelor of Arts ([[University of Burdwan]])<br />
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1992}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Purba Bardhaman district]], West Bengal<br />
}}<br />
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'''Shampa Dhara''' (born 1992)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Shampa Dhara(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- RAINA (SC)(PURBA BARDHAMAN) – Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/WestBengal2021/candidate.php?candidate_id=1226 |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]]. She is a member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Raina Assembly constituency]], which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community, in [[Purba Bardhaman district]]. She won the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2021 |title=West Bengal Election Results 2021: Here's full list of winners – CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/west-bengal-election-results-2021-heres-full-list-of-winners-9169581.htm |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MPs and MLAs {{!}} Purba Bardhaman District, Govt. of WB {{!}} India |url=https://purbabardhaman.nic.in/mps-and-mlas/ |access-date=9 December 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Dhara is from [[Raina I|Raina]], [[Purba Bardhaman district]], West Bengal. She is the daughter of Gangadhar Dhara. She completed Bachelor of Arts in 2015 at [[Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya|Vivekananda Mahavidyalya]], Purba Burdhwan, which is affiliated with the [[University of Burdwan]]. She served as the chairperson of the East Burdwan [[Zilla Parishad (India)|Zilla Parishad]] before becoming an MLA.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Dhara won from Raina Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. She polled 108,752 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Manik Roy of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], by a margin of 18,205 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raina Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Shampa Dhara Of TMC Wins. |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/raina-election-result-2021-live-updates-raina-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3695009.html |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2021 |title=Raina West Bengal Election 2021 Final Results LIVE:TMC Candidate Shampa Dhara wins from Raina, Details Inside |url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/raina-wb-election-2021-results-live-updates-constituency-number-261-raina-west-bengal-election-2021-vote-counting-results-leading-trailing-2-may-2021-1455859 |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=ABP Live |language=en}}</ref> In June 2022, she was involved in a controversy where she allegedly selected rebel candidates, and they were given party symbol in the local body elections.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Statesman News |date=22 June 2023 |title=TMC official candidates denied symbol, given to independents instead |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/tmc-official-candidates-denied-symbol-given-to-independents-instead-1503192601.html |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=The Statesman |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1992 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026]]<br />
[[Category:Politicians from Purba Bardhaman district]]<br />
[[Category:University of Burdwan alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Women members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]</div>SeymourStonehous